Letter, Samuel H. Pope in Shuqualak, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, at the Officer's Hospital in Uniontown, Alabama, expressing his desire for Lee to visit him at his boarding house. Sims was wounded and captured. Pope sympathizes with...

Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news of church and business. She lists the fabrics she bought for clothes and includes a humorous limerick about wives spending...

Letter from widow Sallie E. Curry in Starkville, Mississippi, to the unidentified man in West Point, who wrote for her permission to write or visit. She tells him that he may visit because she doesn't approve of ladies corresponding with...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Keith Remy, April 24, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Remy was born in 1933 in Waterloo, Iowa, and completed his Bachelor’s degree at Iowa State University in 1955. He served in...

Letter from Jim M. Jackson, a Confederate soldier at Camp Beauregard in Texas, to his sister, Cynthia Jackson Boswell. The letter mostly concerns how he wants his possessions to be distributed if he dies.

Letter to widow Sallie E. Curry from an unidentified man in West Point, Mississippi, asking her permission to correspond with him or allow him to call on her, 1863. Sallie E. Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888.

Oral history; interview with John Calvin Crecink, July 25, 2012, at the Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building, Mississippi State University. Dr. Crecink died at his Starkville home shortly after this interview, on August 12, 2012. Dr. Crecink was born...

Letter, Alex W. Feemster, Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, explaining that it is impossible for her to join him in Selma because they can't afford it, and that there is no chance of her finding a little school to teach in. He suggests...

Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She writes about a revival taking place among the Masons and tells him about some acquaintances who have joined. She also names people who have made professions at the...

Oral history; interview with Mr. James H. Simpson, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, May 2, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Mr. Simpson was born in 1931 in Caledonia, Mississippi. He first came to...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Bob Williams, May 17, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Williams was born in Joiner, Arkansas, in 1939. He first came to Mississippi State as a student in 1959, and graduated with his...

Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, addressing the issue of her joining him in Selma. He suggests again that her father might loan her the money, and that he might prefer to use Confederate money. He also...